Feels like a lifetime ago that we were last covering the Bingo Caller Of They Year, when Blake Robson took the crown from our very own columnist Brett Hyrjak back in 2007. That was 12 years ago, and while there have been some poorly publicised chain only competitions in the intervening decade and a bit, […]
Tag: National Bingo Association
New Face Of Bingo?
One of the biggest problems with the offline bingo industry over the past few years has been the perceived ageing of its population of players. Whether the real or not, the perception is there, of players sporting horn rimmed glasses, their bingo wings flapping in strip-lit garish halls, and this may be enough to put […]
Bingo Taxation Petition Delivered To Downing Street
A petition with over 300,000 signatures has at last been handed in to Downing Street in the hope that it will show our political leaders how important the bingo industry is to many people across the country. The signature forms in support of the Boost Bingo campaign were delivered in four trolleys by a celebratory […]
Bingo Firms Ask For £10m Rebate
Scotland On Sunday have an interesting article on the Scottish Bingo industry’s attempt to get a £10m tax rebate from Gordon Brown (good luck on that one!) The chairman of the Bingo Association will be at the forefront of the campaign to get the politicians to repay some of the VAT to offset the 20% […]
